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Fast Track Land Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Zimbabwe
Zikhali, Precious - 2008
In the year 2000, the government of Zimbabwe launched the Fast Track Land Reform Program (FTLRP) as part of its ongoing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541880
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Are mega-farms the future of global agriculture? Exploring the farm size-productivity relationship for large commercial farms in Ukraine
Deininger, Klaus; Nizalov, Denys; Singh, Sudhir K - Kyiv School of Economics - 2013
With farms cultivating tens or hundreds of thousands of hectares, Ukraine is often used to demonstrate the existence of economies of scale in modern grain production. Panel data analysis for all the country’s farms with more than 200 hectares in 2001-2011 suggests that higher yields and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905832
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Network Effects and Land Redistribution: A Natural Experiment in Zimbabwe
McIndoe-Calder, Tara - Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS), … - 2011
small-scale communal farmers prior to the recent land redistribution in Zimbabwe. A difference-in-difference approach is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838199
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Land Reform in Tajikistan : Economic Effects on Private Farms
Caccavale, Oscar Maria - 2010
Land reform in Tajikistan is one of the main tools for economic development and food security. Agricultural economy is under transition from a planned to a market system through collective farm reorganisation. Aim of the paper is the evaluation of farm performances in terms of size. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049005
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The Effect of Increased Electricity Tariffs on Citrus Production in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe
Jaji, Henry - 2017
Zimbabwe, just like many other developing nations has its economic growth path mapped mainly by the agricultural sector … sectors of the economy and hence promotes industrialisation. In the last decade, a fall in agricultural production in Zimbabwe … Zimbabwe. Citrus production is one of the agricultural activities practised in Zimbabwe, with Beitbridge region as one of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953091
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Network Effects and Land Redistribution : A Quasi-Natural Experiment in Zimbabwe
McIndoe Calder, Tara - 2010
small-scale communal farmers prior to the recent land redistribution in Zimbabwe. A difference-in-difference approach is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136987
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Rural Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and the Biological Standard of Living in South Korea, 1941-1974
Rudolf, Robert - 2012
This paper analyzes effects of the Republic of Korea's two major rural reforms in 1950 and 1962/63 on agricultural productivity and individual well-being. The 1950 Land Reform resulted in a large-scale redistribution of land while 'green revolution'-type reforms in 1962/63 pushed forward the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329982
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Rural reforms, agricultural productivity, and the biological standard of living in South Korea, 1941 - 1974
Rudolf, Robert - 2012
This paper analyzes effects of the Republic of Korea's two major rural reforms in 1950 and 1962/63 on agricultural productivity and individual well-being. The 1950 Land Reform resulted in a large-scale redistribution of land while "green revolution"-type reforms in 1962/63 pushed forward the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010357142
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Rural Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and the Biological Standard of Living in South Korea, 1941-1974
Rudolf, Robert - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2012
This paper analyzes effects of the Republic of Korea’s two major rural reforms in 1950 and 1962/63 on agricultural productivity and individual well-being. The 1950 Land Reform resulted in a large-scale redistribution of land while ‘green revolution’-type reforms in 1962/63 pushed forward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391713
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The joint impact of improved maize seeds on productivity and efficiency: Implications for policy
Abro, Zewdu Ayalew; Legesse Debela, Bethelhem; Kassie, … - 2019
Productivity and efficiency are key performance indicators of improved seeds. Efficiency differences explain part of the variation in productivity. Improved seeds may affect efficiency because farmers often do not apply inputs at optimum. Improved seeds therefore not only directly affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011954951